Improve stamp-based brushes

Resurrect the Custom Brush dialog : The user should be able to select a part of the image and add it to Predefined Brushes. He should also be able to organize, delete, load and save brush dabs easily [1].

Improve the transform tool (when you drawn something bad, the transform tool is often the last solution before redrawing everything).

mpeg

DONE

Remove the "hidden" layer property change from the undo stack (if you just want to compare a new version to an old version, you will have to undo several times).

Faster workflow

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DONE

- Modifier key need to be used more

for selection tools : to switch easily between add/replace/intersect modes.

for paint tools : pan, color pick, change the brush diameter.

DONE

Features that are tools in other apps are composite mode or paintops in Krita[3]. We should make sure that it is as easy and as fast to select them than in others apps. For example, if I want to erase with the current brush:

in krita I must click the mode combobox, go down in the drop down menu, and select "Erase" (3 clicks).

in photoshop, I would just click the erase tool or hit the "e" key.

I suggest to make it possible to assign a shortcut to composite modes.

mask

fix inconsistencies in masks by switching to a mask-selection-greyscale image paradigm. Then, masks and local selections would be the same thing, the user would just change the view mode by clicking a button. It'll make the workflow simpler, and allow powerful features

gradient, paint tool and filters could be used to edit a selection (in mask or image mode).

paintops

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TO DO

bring back the automatic preview, or at least a single dab, like in autobrush, so that it's possible to set-up static settings like angle and softness. The dab could be reused later for smaller preset preview (like in Custom Brushes).

Flip X, Flip Y - it mirrors the brush randomly (for each dab, there is 50% of chance that the brush is mirrorred, it seems), mirroring of the brush mask

LukasT

[1]In the long run, maybe a "resource manager" would be a good idea. It would be used to organize everything : brush presets, gradients, patterns, colors palettes, curve presets, vector shapes, filter effects, text styles... Koffice-wide.